Improvement in combined manure-fork  and scraper



J. W. CLARK.

Manure Fork` Patented Aprn 19, 1870.

No. 102,092.A

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Lena-s Patent N. 102,092, dated April 19, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED MANURE-FORK= AND SCRAPER.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of the same To all whom t't-'mag/ concern Be it known that I, JOHN lW. CLARKE, of Kingston, in the county of Green Lake land State of Wisecnsin, h ave invented certain new and usefnlImprovements in Horse Manure-Forks; and I do-hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this speciication, and to the letters of-reference marked thereon, like .letters indicating like. parts wherever they occur.

".Io enable others'skilled in the vart to construct and use my'invention I will proceed to describe it.

My invention consists in the novel construction of an implement for moving manure and similar products on a farm, as hereinafter" more fully explained.

In-the drawingsigure 1- is afprspective view of the implement; an v Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, with alscraper attached.

io construct my improvedimplement I first form a series, three orA more, large strong tines, D, of the form shown in the drawing, and of -any lengths desired, equal or unequal, each of them having a strong arm, E, projecting from its rear side, to form a brace, as shown more clearly'in fig. 2. l

These tines thus made are firmly attached to aframe, consisting of two bais,A, connected by crossbars B and handles O, the v'front or main portion of the tines having their rear ends pass up through the front bar A, where they are secured byn1'1ts,the rear ends of th'e braces E being firmly secured'to the rear bar Ain any suitable manner.

A' couple of draft-rods, H, are secured to the bars A, and have eyes formed in their front ends to attach the draft-chain to.

With an implement thus constructed, the farmer can attach his team, and with it gather up the manure, straw, and litter of thefbarn-yard into heaps, preparatory to loading it onto wagons or other vehicles, or he can at once convey it to the field by hauling the fork with its load to the eld, and there detaching it from the load.

For the purpose of conveniently using the implementfor removing or scraping up tine manure, and also of using it in place of the ordinary scraper in removing earth, I make a scraper, .1, of the ordinary form, and, at the front, on the under side, secure loops or caps, a, into which the points of the tines can be inserted, there being also lugs, e, on the rear .of the upper part, so arranged as to pass on each side of the outer tines, a pin or bolt being inserted through the lugs behind the tines, as represented in iig. 2, by

which means the scraper I can-'be secured permanently` to the fork, as `there represented.

When thus arranged, the implement can be used for lscraping up manure or earth, or for any similar purpose.

, It is, however, p'rincipallyas a forkthat the implement is intended for use, and with it the farmer is enabled to handle all coarse manure, litter, straw, stalks, hay, 85e., with a team, even more readily than 'hay is now handled with horse hay-forks.

4 Having thus described my invention, l

Vhat I claim, is-

l. The manure-fork consisting of the lcurved tines D, with the brace E attached to the li-ame A and having the handles O attached, substantially as described, g

2,9 The scraper I, in combination with a horse 4manure-fork, substantially as set forth.

J. NV. CLARKE.v

Witnesses:

T. B. FAIRCHILD, N. Snam?. 

